EARLY DAYS AT COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Washington. 1916. 96pp. Maps. Illus. Cloth. Some pencil underscoring, contemporary inscription in pencil dated 1925 on titlepage, else very good. Includes material on the Pottawattamie Indians and the Mormons.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, TO DECEMBER 25th, 1865.
Blairstown, N.J. 1865. 8pp. Stitched as issued. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good plus. Untrimmed and unopened. In a red half morocco slipcase, spine gilt. Report by the president of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company. John Blair was one of the most successful railroad investors of the...
THE BANDITTI OF THE PRAIRIES. A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [ca. 1890]. 248,[4]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Front cover detached and heavily chipped. Spine and rear cover chipped. Titlepage detached, first few leaves chipped. Fair. A later printing of one of the rarest of outlaw narratives, first printed in Chicago in 1850. The author describes the...
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[PORTRAIT OF MAH-TO-TOH-PA, CHIEF OF THE MANDAN TRIBE OF THE UPPER MISSOURI].
[New York. ca. 1840]. Watercolor and ink, 14 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, matted. Minor foxing. Very good. This portrait of the famous chief, Mah-to-toh-pa, was executed by New York artist Nicolino Calyo, based upon the work of George Catlin. Calyo was born in Italy and came to America in...
RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLDEN NORTHWEST.
Buffalo, N.Y. 1883. 104pp. Frontis. plus engravings. Dbd. Original pictorial wrappers. Very light wear at edges. Very good. A highbrow railroad promotional piece, handsomely illustrated with engravings of resorts and sporting opportunities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas. Engravings after sketches by Joseph Fleming.
[BOUND SET OF GENERAL ORDERS TO THE UNION VOLUNTEER ARMY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL COVERING 1861 AND 1862, COLLECTED AND BOUND BY BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN POPE COOK].
Washington. 1861-1862. Three volumes, with over three hundred individual imprints. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards, gilt leather labels. Wear to leather and edges, boards somewhat rubbed, front hinges loosening. Contemporary ownership inscriptions and binder's tickets on front endpapers of second and third volumes; later bookplate on front pastedown of...
COLTON'S RAILROAD & TOWNSHIP MAP WESTERN STATES COMPILED FROM THE UNITED STATES SURVEYS.
New York: J.H. Colton, 1853. Folding map, 36 1/4 x 43 1/2 inches, with period hand-coloring. Original roan binding (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches), the covers elaborately blocked in blind, the upper cover titled in gilt "Map of / the Western / States / J.H. Colton," rebacked in cloth;...
EARLY ALGONA. THE STORY OF OUR PIONEERS 1854 - 1874.
Des Moines: Register and Tribune Co., 1929. 221pp. Plates. Gilt cloth. Fine, with compliments slip pasted in. Pioneer days in Iowa, Indian fighting, the advent of the railroad, effects of the Civil War, etc.
HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA ITS SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH, GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES - COUNTIES CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES - INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PIONEERS AND BUSINESS MEN, WITH A BRIEF OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY IN GENERAL.
Sioux City, Ia. 1881. 392pp. plus 8pp. advertisements. Original cloth. Head of spine frayed, binding edgeworn and somewhat soiled. Ink inscription on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Good. A fairly early historical account of the development of the Dakota Territory, focusing on the valley of the Big Sioux River in...
THE VALLEY AND THE SHADOW. COMPRISING THE EXPERIENCES OF A BLIND EX-EDITOR. A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY....
New York. 1868. 336pp. Original cloth. Cloth worn, sunned and bit bubbled. Internally very good. The author was much involved in politics and journalism throughout Iowa in the 1850s and '60s. Many pungent and forceful opinions are expressed.
MAP OF THE STATES OF MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, IOWA, AND WISCONSIN: THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA, AND THE MINERAL LANDS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1849. 21 1/2 x 29 inches, folded into 12mo. contemporary cloth folder, gilt- lettered cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Two minor tears in from left edge along folds, one three-inch tear also in from left edge; additional small separations at intersections. Occasional faint soiling. Printed color bright and...
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION IN THE HAIRY NATION. A COMPARATIVE TOPICAL REVIEW OF THE STAGES OF PROGRESS IN THE BRIEF HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY, IOWA.
Bloomfield, Ia. Republican Steam Print, 1883. 144pp. Original green cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Fine. Though there are varying stories as to the source of Davis County's nickname, "The Hairy Nation," almost all stem from the wide reputation that its earliest settlers were rough, unkempt men. This is a history...
DIARY.
[ 1856-1857]. 48pp. typescript, typed on recto. Large quarto. Wrappers, bradbound, title typed on front wrapper. Wrappers a bit sunned, but overall very good. Typed transcription of Fickes' diary from the middle of the 19th century. Fickes was a married woman with three young sons when she started her diary...
[COLLECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS].
[Washington. 1854]. Thirty-seven (of forty-four) maps, plans, and views. Contemporary calf, red and black gilt morocco labels. Internally clean. Very good. An exhaustive collection of congressional documents, including many maps from President Pierce's message to Congress. The documents range in subject matter from survey maps of Arkansas, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan...
PIONEERING IN THE NORTHWEST NIOBRARA-VIRGINIA CITY WAGON ROAD...PIONEERS SHORT SKETCHES OF CHARLES FLOYD WAR EAGLE THEOPHILE BRUGUIER AND OTHERS....
Sioux City, Ia. 1924. 150pp. Portraits. Illus. Printed wrappers. Wraps bit chipped, but very good. The first section is an account of the establishment of the overland wagon route from Sioux City to the gold fields of Montana, with a detailed account of the Sawyer Expedition's journey to inspect the...
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE IOWAY INDIANS.
[Washington. 1854]. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio, stitched as issued. First gathering separating. Small tear to titlepage, not affecting the text. Light soiling to outer leaves, edges tanned. Internally very clean. Very good. Concluded May 17, 1854, proclaimed July 17, 1854. This treaty was made at the city of...
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA, WHICH CONVENED AT IOWA CITY ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 1846.
Iowa City: A.H. Palmer, 1847. xiv,260pp. Modern grey cloth, gilt spine labels. Ex-library, with ink stamp and ownership inscription on titlepage. Heavily trimmed. About good. Laws of the first meeting of the Iowa legislature after statehood. Also with a copy of the state constitution, and indices to both. OCLC reports.....
ACTS, RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF IOWA, WHICH CONVENED AT IOWA CITY, ON THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER, ANNO DOMINI, 1848.
Iowa City: Palmer & Paul, 1849. 235,[1]pp. Modern grey cloth, spine gilt labels. Ex-library, with ink stamp and ownership inscription on titlepage. Minor ink staining on fore edge, otherwise very good. Report of the laws and resolutions passed by the Iowa General Assembly during the early period of its statehood...
REVISED STATUTES OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA, REVISED AND COMPILED BY A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE - SESSION 1842-'43, AND ARRANGED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY.
Iowa City: Printed by Hughs & Williams, 1843. viii,904pp. 20th-century tan cloth, gilt leather labels. Minor chipping to labels, minor wear and soiling to binding. Contemporary ownership inscription and later library ink stamp on titlepage. Light foxing, some marginal soiling, a few pencil notations in text. Good. An extensive revision...
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[COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF IOWA TERRITORIAL LAWS, 1839 - 1846].
Dubuque, Burlington, & Iowa City. 1839-1846. Nine volumes. Publication details and pagination given below. Uniform 20th-century buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor shelf wear, some chipping to labels. Small ink library stamp and ink ownership inscriptions on titlepages, all but one volume trimmed close, minor marginal staining to a few volumes...
THE EXECUTION OF WILLIAM MCCAULEY. THE ONLY LEGAL HANGING THAT EVER OCCURED IN VAN BUREN COUNTY. AN INTERESTING AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE CRIME, CONFESSION, TRIAL AND EXECUTION.
[Keosauqua, Ia.]: Keosauqua Republican, 1905]. 11pp. Self-wrappers. Slight wear, heavy crease down center where previously folded. Very good. With a history of the Van Buren County Court House laid in. The murder took place in 1844. The evidence against McCauley was hard to beat: an affadavit signed by the dying...
HISTORY AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, IOWA. CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUTY; TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SKETCHES OF ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PROMINENT CITIZENS....
Des Moines: Miles & Company, 1869. 254pp. plus folding map. Frontis. Original brown cloth boards, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down. Edges and corners somewhat worn, folding map split into two pieces along fold. Internally quite clean. Good plus. With many unique contemporary advertisements. Compiled by J.J....
MAP OF IOWA PREPARED AND PRINTED FOR THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1901. Large folding color map, 33 x 45 inches. In original cloth folder. A few minor tears at folds, else very good. Handsome and quite large folding pocket map of Iowa. Detailing the counties, railroads, etc.
NORTHERN IOWA. BY A PIONEER. CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS.
Dubuque: Nonpareil Job Printing and Publishing House, 1858. 40pp. Two frontispieces plus in-text illustrations. Modern half morocco and cloth, original rear wrapper bound in. Head of spine chipped. Leaves tanned. Small cancelled library stamp on verso of titlepage. Else quite good. One of several versions of this pamphlet, all issued...
NORTHERN IOWA. BY A PIONEER. CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS.
Dubuque: Nonpareil Job Printing and Publishing House, 1858. 40pp. Two frontispieces and an in-text illustration. Original printed yellow wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled. Bookplate on verso of front wrapper. Foxing. Good. Denoted the "second edition" on the front wrapper, one of several versions of this pamphlet, all issued in 1858...